Hospital admissions from residential aged care facilities to a major public hospital in South Australia (1999-2005)

Australasian Journal on Ageing

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 202-207

  Hillen, Jodie B ^a   Reed, Richard L ^a   Woodman, Richard J ^a   Law, Deborah ^b   Hakendorf, Paul H ^c   Fleming, Brian J ^d  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Southern Adelaide Health Service   (Australia)

^c FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^d Planning Department of Health and Ageing   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aged; Hospital; Patient admission; Residential facility

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; FOLLOW UP; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HOME FOR THE AGED; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FEMORAL NECK FRACTURES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PATIENT ADMISSION; PNEUMONIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 80053412374     PISSN: 14406381     EISSN: 17416612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6612.2010.00479.x     Document Type: Article

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